
committee meeting minutes 10/10/2024
West Highland Wheelers Committee Meeting Thursday 10th October 2024
- Present
Gregor Muir, Henry Cairns, Claire Abernethy, Norman Clark, Marian Austin, Dave Parfitt, Jacqui Parfitt,
- Apologies – Steve Bradley, Gill Barnes, Sam Potter, Karl Bungey, Doug Little,
- Minutes of Last meeting
Time trials
Need to ask for trophies back and engrave with new winners (Oli Warlow and Iona Hamilton) for AGM
Wed nights
Agreed we have run out of light evenings for leons croft, defer to spring.
Winter league
Marian looking for someone to pass it over to.. please.
Kids Club
All running fine
Nevis Range “owe” for 2 uplift days from grant funding, agreed ask whether funding could be used for coaching days with leaders and helpers instead
Action CA to contact Nikki Howie
AOCB
- DL and GB not present.. to check whether new gazebo leg paid for and ordered, to check at next meeting
- HC Nevis Tri Club doing bikers versus runners race again 9th November. Would like to run under wheelers insurance as per previous event … Marion confirms insurance cover OK
- FORT TO FORT
Start at 10am rather than 11am . 27th October. Registration 9.15 at main carpark
Fort Augustus to Fort William
Doug happy to put signage out and sweep at back
Jacqui happy to do timing unless other volunteers come forward
Marshall request to go on facebook and email
Teas and coffees and homebaking at end
Action HC email and facebook
- WINTER LEAGUE
Marian is looking to pass this job on to someone new, agreed ask at the AGM, if no one comes forward then appeal again next summer with a note that league can not run without coordinator
Marian has got dates from LAC so provisional dates of league to try to avoid clashes although LAC have 3 dates in both November and January leaving only 1 weekend free so may need to be a clash. The only free November date clashes with bikers vs runners race therefore agreed winter league will start in December
Nacc happy to do any date in march and going to plan their league around that date
Marian has to fill in and submit forestry forms for duror and strontian ASAP, agreed Marian will let organisers know last years maps will be used unless different route submitted before her submission date
Provisional league schedule run through, a couple of dates to firm up with organisers but should be ready shortly.
- AGM
£30 per hour cost of rural complex hire agrees and JP will confirm
7pm to 9pm
Bike park AGM will follow wheelers AGM
Teas coffees homebakes DP to organize
Need to request trophies back can be dropped in at nevis cycles and DP will get engraved with this years winners ready for AGM
(Last years winners Mia Jackson and Finn Watt kids club, Daniel P downhill, Sam P time trial, Bronagh W most improved lady, Alastair M time trials, Jacqui flying gorilla)
This years Most improved kids club to be confirmed by Clare and Gregor
Most Improved downhiller and lady discussed and agreed, to be revealed at the AGM
- AOCB
MA affiliation needs to be in by late November .. CA has kids club data and JP membership data
GM will give some info about pumptrack use. We are asked about members with disability but do not ask this on our membership form, to look into for future, kids club forms have this info, CA to include (numbers only no identifiers)
MA Neil at SC trying to get calendar of events for North area, would hope to run a couple of mini dhs in collaboration with Wolfpax
CA reported re email from MW ..? has been attending SC calendar meetings and trying to organize pumptrack and mini dh/ short course races
Action Marian to contact MW to clarify
GM Bike Park
Hoping to schedule dates for all activities… adult biking, ladies biking, adaptive biking, intro to skateboarding etc in the near future
Ran sessions at parasport festival which went well
CA Nevis Cycles exploring the possibility of running a 2nd hand bike/ outdoor sale at mart and would like to know if wheelers would collaborate, also asking Off Beat Bikes if they would like to be involved. Working plan is £10 a table, agreed we would like to be involved, will advertise to members and ? club have a table for folk to drop off if only one or two items to sell ?
- Date of Next Meeting
AGM November 14th 2024
Action HC email out agenda and notification